I believe automated flying is a next level skills once you master the basics of manual flying. I learned these skills from a South African Aerial photographer Laurence Sebereni. I took his Udemy course Phantom Film School to learn everything I knew about automated flying with litchi and more. In episode 10 of the Greg Hung show I scheduled a skype call with him while I was in Phuket Thailand. Here are some of the highlights of the interview:

Automated flying using the Litchi 3rd party app

Why its a good time to buy and use Phantom 3 drone and not the Phantom 4